ethnic cleansing
noun
: the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity
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The result was a vicious armed struggle that quickly ignited an RSF campaign of ethnic cleansing in Darfur and that continues today.
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Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Why ethnic cleansing is occurring in Darfur 20 years later
One year ago, the RSF and the more traditional Sudanese Armed Forces broke out into war.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 22 Apr. 2024
Those who are starving are the Masalit, Fur, and Zaghawa ethnic groups that the RSF has targeted for ethnic cleansing—or on whose lands Hemedti’s fighters have taken everything that can be stolen or eaten.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Human Rights Watch and other organizations have documented these abuses, which have been likened to ethnic cleansing campaigns.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 14 June 2024
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Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Why ethnic cleansing is occurring in Darfur 20 years later
One year ago, the RSF and the more traditional Sudanese Armed Forces broke out into war.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 22 Apr. 2024
Those who are starving are the Masalit, Fur, and Zaghawa ethnic groups that the RSF has targeted for ethnic cleansing—or on whose lands Hemedti’s fighters have taken everything that can be stolen or eaten.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Human Rights Watch and other organizations have documented these abuses, which have been likened to ethnic cleansing campaigns.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 14 June 2024
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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